Muhammed Ali hopes to emulate Amir Khan

Thought this was a joke at first.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/boxing/33762261

In fairness to Amir Khan success breeds success. As with Hamed back in the day it brings kids to the gym looking to emulate their hero.

Which is my worry with SKY PPV and Boxnation.

Good luck to the kid. Not his fault he's called Muhammad Ali. If he does turn out half as good as Ali he will be something.

How would you know? You'll never watch him fight, as you dont watch any fights.

If you're upset because no one is interested in your.."Fly away Paulie" and "British lightweight" threads then just say so and I'll go and post on them !!!

Saw an article about Khan earlier saying that he'd asked for rematches with Garcia and Peterson but they've turned him down. Damn shame that he couldn't fight Garcia mainly at 147 as I think he'd make a much better fight of it now.

A Peterson rematch is one I couldn't care less about. He won the first fight even without taking the cheating into account.

Problem with Khan is the same problem we had with Tommy.

You can easily see a scenario where he beats any decent fighter with a pop around 147.......Equally you can see a scenario where he's face down....

Put Khan in a fight with a puncher (Noticeably he's avoided them lately) and you'd be an idiot to bet on the fight !!.

I see Thurman has also called Khan out.
http://www.skysports.com/boxing/news/12183/9933731/amir-khan-called-out-by-wba-champion-keith-thurman

Probably a lot of posturing at the moment, until Mayweather confirms Berto. Would really like to see Thurman v Khan, probably second only to Khan v Brook.

TRUSSMAN66 wrote:If you're upset because no one is interested in your.."Fly away Paulie" and "British lightweight" threads then just say so and I'll go and post on them !!!

You did post on them?

You getting punchy in your old age?

Guest82 wrote:I see Thurman has also called Khan out.
http://www.skysports.com/boxing/news/12183/9933731/amir-khan-called-out-by-wba-champion-keith-thurman

Probably a lot of posturing at the moment, until Mayweather confirms Berto.  Would really like to see Thurman v Khan, probably second only to Khan v Brook.

I'n not sure who is advising Khan at the moment......Unlike Manny who has the southpaw stance and a great tank..and Brook and Mayweather who are compact with a top skill set...Khan relies predominantly on speed to get in and out with that quality jab....

The more time he wastes the more it's going to hurt. He's 29 this year.

"At first being called Muhammad Ali brought a lot of pressure," the 19-year-old Ali told BBC Sport.
"But now I'm winning titles and proving that maybe I'll turn out to be half as good as him."
However, Ali's boxing hero as a child was not his legendary heavyweight namesake but former Olympic silver medallist and professional world champion Amir Khan.


...he's never going to emulate his hero amir with such humility. Only half as good as Ali? Pah.

milkyboy wrote:"At first being called Muhammad Ali brought a lot of pressure," the 19-year-old Ali told BBC Sport.
"But now I'm winning titles and proving that maybe I'll turn out to be half as good as him."
However, Ali's boxing hero as a child was not his legendary heavyweight namesake but former Olympic silver medallist and professional world champion Amir Khan.


...he's never going to emulate his hero amir with such humility. Only half as good as Ali? Pah.

You sure about that...How is saying half as good as Ali being humble....Either way, good name for publicity, You know it was the dad picking the name, i had a guy in school who was a couple of years below or above me (can't remember), but different year anyway, he was called Muhammad Ali, and he had a fight once, everyone knew about it.

... Attempt at irony fella... Humble relative to Khan who probably thinks he's better than Ali.

So did Ali win his fight at school... Or did smokin Jimmy smith do him?